Page 81 of The Blairville Legacies

She was silent for a moment, but finally looked at me expectantly.

“Show her some of your pictures!”

I looked at Bay, who looked at me in an encouraging way. My hesitation came from the fact that I only ever really showed my pictures to my best friend or anonymously to my Instagram followers.

“Yes, please!” it escaped Grace enthusiastically.

So, I gave in. “Fine.”

I held the camera out to Grace and Julie, and they looked at my last eleven pictures. I had changed the memory card, which is why they weren’t supposed to find anythingprivate.

“Oh, wow, you’re really good!” Grace gasped.

“It’s a hobby.”

“Youstudyit, Larissa!” My best friend corrected me.

“You’re studying photography? Here, at Vanderwood?”

“Yes...” I answered Julie’s question and took the camera from Grace’s hands again.

My fingers cupped the already slightly older bridge camera.

My savings had gone to pay for the Vanderwood, so I actually had to get another job. A new camera was the last thing on my mind. But I still had a noble compact camera in my suitcase. With that, one could not make such good pictures as with this Nikon model. However, it should be enough for emergencies.

“And you want to do this professionally later?” Julie sounded skeptical.

“Yeah, why?”

She hesitated. “That’s a bit unsafe, isn’t it?”

“Haven’t you seen her photos? They’re insane! She can easily become independent with those,” Grace said.

I myself was relatively uninterested in what others thought of me and my photos. I had already had to take a lot of criticism in my life. That little bit only strengthened my resolve.

“What are you two going to major in?” I tried to divert attention from my hobby to something else.

“Economics major,” Grace yawned. She apparently hadn’t slept as well as the rest of us.

“Economics? Both of you?” Bay asked in disbelief.

“Yes, it’s the most popular major here. But we have different minors.” Grace looked at Julie, who had a habit of blushing quickly. “I’m minoring in administration, while Julie is actually trying to struggle with molecular biology.”

God, I wonder if they were really interested in those minor courses. Grace didn’t sound that convinced, but I could at least imagine that economics was popular as a way to get out of here.Personally, I wasn’t that interested in it now, yet I had minored in business to get a foothold in the photography industry.

I turned my attention back to the camera. It was easy to look at the surroundings through the lens.

“You’re a literature major, right?”

Julies looked questioningly at Bay.

“Yeah, how did you know?”

“It was on your list on the university server yesterday.”

“But how did you know which list you -”

Bay stopped mid-sentence as the loud squeal of tires became audible.

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